The Zoo data is updated to October 2026 and is available again as a spreadsheet: 487 groups own 2,429 practice sites. Twenty GP practices are advertised for sale, from $75,000 at Penrith to $6.2 million in western Sydney. Two new practices opened in the past fortnight.
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Visit proxeno.ioThe Zoo now counts 487 group operators running 2,429 practice sites with 16,637 GPs, about a third of Australian general practice. The ten largest groups hold 35.4% of group sites. Of 3,998 independent practices, 497 have 10 or more GPs. The rise from 340 groups in July reflects small groups found among practices once counted as independent, not new deals. The updated data is on the Zoo dashboard and can be downloaded again as a spreadsheet.
New this week: a six-GP Melbourne practice billing $1.59 million a year, asking $350,000 plus stock, and a five-GP practice at Bulleen with its freehold at $3 million. A Melbourne CBD centre with GP, dental and four allied services reports $1.1 million in sales and $244,152 in owner earnings, with the price on request. The cheapest of the 20 is Penrith at $75,000; the dearest, in western Sydney, comes with a dental surgery at $6.2 million.
Research for Medibank, released on 19 October, found 26% of Australians or a family member had delayed or avoided a GP visit over cost in the past three years. Among Australians in economic stress, 57% had gone without a GP visit. Respondents also wanted allied health inside GP clinics, at 81%. Medibank has investments in Myhealth and Better Medical, which have about 1,500 GPs between them.
NAB surveyed more than 1,000 Australians for its 2026-27 Health Insights Report, published on 14 October: 68% were bulk billed at their last GP visit, up from 58%. Nearly a third had left a health professional they were unhappy with. Respondents want practices that charge a gap to show the fee before a patient books.
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The new GP practices page lists 35 independent practices and 14 group sites.
PwC on health deals. PwC expects private capital to keep buying occupational health, dental, specialist clinics and mental health, where a buyer can join sites together and add employer, insurer or self-pay income. It expects more pressure on services paid for mainly by government or patients. Medicare-funded general practice sits on that side of PwC's line. PwC, 23 June 2026: Global M&A trends in health industries, 2026 mid-year outlook
GMHBA takes in a staff fund. GMHBA agreed on 1 September to take over the Reserve Bank Health Society, a staff-only fund that covered 4,599 people in 2014-15 and had 2,394 policyholders at 30 June 2025. APRA and the ACCC must approve the transfer, which GMHBA expects in early 2027. GMHBA, 1 September 2026
Dalby medical centre sold. The medical centre at Dalby, Queensland, anchored by Ochre Health, has sold for $10.8 million, a 7.3% yield. It has six tenants, among them pathology, imaging and a GP practice, and five years left on Ochre's lease. Real Estate Source, 20 October 2026
US hospital mergers. US hospitals announced 16 deals worth US$8.2 billion in revenue in the September quarter. For the third quarter in a row, some deals joined two systems that each earn more than US$1 billion. Of US hospitals, 43% now lose money. Fierce Healthcare, 14 October 2026
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